Great tip to share gahobbsau
There is an interesting story about "that" handle. In the USA, ETL (the USA Australian Standards equivalent) are happy with the below handle on the USA model roaster. It's a solid, small "D" shape, doesn't obscure the window, is strong and easy to use (see picture below) grabbing it with the side of your index finger and thumb.
The European C-Tick and the Australian Standards said that the chance of burning your fingers was too high so required the "big dee" handle... which in my opinion is guaranteed to burn your knuckles if you put your hand in it. So the punchline is... it's not our choice, it's not the factory choice and it certainly wasn't Behmor Ltd's choice to have this silly handle on the 220v/240v roasters but to get them approved for sale in this country we needed it!
I have to say, Mr Behm is constantly dealing with those sorts of issues behind the scenes and with half a dozen different certification bodies and finding the happy spot in the middle is often very hard, totally frustrating and damn expensive in re-tooling too. Sometimes they change the boundaries mid-game which is even worse.

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