In reply to franksnb:
> it's polyurethane which according to wikipedia is a thermosetting
And gives off hydrogen cyanide when it burns...
Don't do this, folks...
The SUL brigade on backpackinglight.com would probably recommend the finger and thumb of a silicone oven mitt for lifting the pot off the heat. It won't insulate the pot, or allow you to hold it in your hand, though...
The JetBoil neoprene sleeve usually survives because the heat exchanger pulls the heat out of the gases flowing up the side of the pot, so they're not hot enough to burn the neoprene. Usually... That's why the HX-type pots are fuel efficient.
If you don't have an HX on the pot, you'd have to use a low power setting, so that the gas flowing up the side wasn't hot enough to burn the insulation.
Some of the SUL types use glass fibre wick (string, essentially) to wrap their mugs, which seems to work fairly well. Oh, and the other commonly-used solution is a silicone wrist band (or two) around the pot; put it below the lip to keep as far from the heat as possible, and maybe stop your lips burning...
What happened to the handles, BTW...?
Post edited at 17:58