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The handles are plastic because people don't want to use pot holders to move pans around/on/off the stove. Metal handles get too hot to hold, plastic ones don't.

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Some are made of metal. They get just as hot as the cooking pot- which is why some are made of a material that does not conduct heat as well. Keeps you from burning your hands.

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