Last year with my brand new OKP, I dropped the lid 3 times in the span of about 1 minute. It was the maiden voyage for the OKP & I had only used a Performer for the previous 13 years with the lid bale....I went to hook the new lid on the edge of the bowl and failed twice, with the lid falling onto the brick patio. Frustrated, I put the lid on the Performer table, but did not put it on there very well, because it fell off the table...bent the handle, put a small dent under the handle, and scratched the rim of the lid....not my finest moment. My wife bought me a slide aside for Christmas....$20 solution.