PURPOSE: A detachable handle for cooking containers is provided to be unlocked by a pawl unit when a switch button is pressed so that a gripping member and a lever can return to the initial position by the elastic force of a spring. CONSTITUTION: A horizontal plate (21) of a gripping member (20) is connected to a rack member (30) and the gripping member is operated by the rack member in a detachable handle for cooking containers. A pinion gear formed on a rotary shaft (45) of a lever (40) is engaged in a rack gear (31) of the rack member. The lever is rotatable mounted in a handle housing (10) and a first spring (60) is connected to the rear end of the rack member. A switch button (50) is mounted on a lower case (16) of the handle housing. A pawl unit (51) of the switch button is hung on the pinion gear of the rotary shaft in the opposite position of the rack gear and the rotary shaft rotates in one way direction by the lever. The rotary shaft is prevented from rotating in an opposite direction by the pawl unit of the switch button.
