Angled for more comfortable grip. So long as you're approaching from the correct side.
Belongs to a neighbor, owner of an AA-code hard-luck OTG. Had to drill holes and use bolts to reattach the handle after dropping the lid one day. I wouldn't have expected the handle to snap off but his did.
I helped indirect-grill some chicken after he stepped away from direct-cooking and burning a few of the burgers and dogs with the lid off. "By the way, does this lever not move?"
"No, it's stuck wide open."
What makes a One Touch lever seize? I don't think he cares about
any of it, but of course it bugs ME. I probably wouldn't show up there to "fix" it without a Dremel and replacement blade set, just in case.