Lifting a pan on/off the hob

I’ve had a couple of PIP cases recently where the issue of grip has come into play in respect of PIP Activity 1 - Preparing food. HCP has recommended 2 points on the basis that aids can be used to help with peeling/chopping, opening tins etc but I have been pushing for 4 points for assistance on the basis that no conventional aid can lift a pan on/off a hob. I have been citing R(DLA) 2/95: “Because the main meal has to be cooked, the test includes all activities auxiliary to the cooking such as reaching for a saucepan, putting water in it and lifting it on and off the cooker” (para 8) and arguing the same criteria applies to PIP.

I have now had a SoR stating that a slotted spoon can be used and the pan can be filled up incrementally with water (to boil veg for instance) by the use of a jug - both of which are reasonable aids. I think this would mean the activity would then take more than twice as long to perform so falls foul of Reg 4 and also what then happens after the food is cooked - the pan just gets left on the hob with the water in it indefinitely?

Just wondered if anyone has any thoughts on this or experience of successfully arguing this point at tribunal.