To provide a lock handle device for a door of a steam oven, etc., by which the door is opened slightly and steam is let escape and the door is opened fully.

When an operating lever 4 is placed at a brought-down position, a first hook section 5b engaged with a locking bar 7 for a bracket 6 and locked to a fixed frame body 1 is formed at the front end section of a lock lever 5. When the operating lever 4 is pulled up, a second hook section 5c penetrated to the rear of the locking bar 7 is formed at the front end section of the lock lever 5, and the second hook section 5c is projected to the door 2 side from the first hook section 5b and a play space 5a is formed between the first hook section 5b and the second hook section 5c.