yours is missing the lid bale that goes around outside of bowl. Also your lid is missing the thermometer that goes through the lid. The lid does not have the hanging hook inside like a normal kettle.
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Yeah I have the bale, but its missing the hardware and the rubber grommet/rollers. Good to know its not supposed to have the hook. At the very least that confirms my suspicion that while the lid and bowl look to maybe not be an original pair, the lid is at least off of a performer or something that came with a bale!
Based on the style of handle grip on the lid — this is an early SSP. Looks like it did have the thermometer at one time. Also the strap that is hanging down shows that it did have a lid bale at one time. That is very strange to have discoloring just on the bowl— you may be right that the lid was stored somewhere else but it looks like they are the original parts.
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Also looking closer at your 1st picture you can see a dust outline of the bale - laying on the stainless steel table top—did you get that when you picked it up?
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Good eye! Yup the bale was sitting there on the table sans hardware but at least its there. Took me a minute to realize what that strap was for but figured it had to be part of the bale system. Oddly enough the strap seems to have been tightened down in that downward facing position....wonder if they ever had the bale on there properly!
I didnt even realize these came with that thermometer in lid/handle. But looking close at my photos (not with the grill in person currently), I see two holes (vertical) on the handle opposite the lid vent. So the thermometer should definitely be there! There's also slight discoloration under the handle....roughly the shape of the thermo housing.