Heat insulating cooking vessel

A heat insulating cooking vessel including a heat insulating outer container having an opening portion, an inner container releasably housed in the outer container, the inner container having an opening portion, and a side wall, and a heat insulating lid member for closing the opening portion of the outer container when the inner container is housed in the outer container, the heat insulating cooking vessel comprising:

• at least one handle disposed on the side wall of the inner container, the handle being composed of a tang portion extending upward and having a tip, and a grip portion arranged on the tip of the tang portion above the opening portion of the inner container;
• wherein the inner container is formed shallower than the outer container so that the inner container is positioned below the opening portion of the outer container when housed in the outer container;
• and
• wherein the heat insulating lid member of the outer container is provided with at least one cutout into which the handle can be inserted, the heat insulating lid member being releasably disposed to the opening portion of the outer container so that a lower face of the heat insulating lid member is positioned adjacent to the opening portion of the inner container and below the opening portion of the outer container.