I have no Smokentater, so every way but that......
Don't mean to be difficult, hard to actually vote when it happens all different ways......
Ribs, a lot of times, two short arcs, running opposite ways so the grate can be rotated & meat's never directly over coals...............
So, maybe IV) I have ways?
No, no let me see..... 1) Ring of Fire....yeah, that's it....I'll go with that one....
Except for the times when it's coals banked w/ no divider & shread is used for tons 'o 'Turds......
Skewers criss-crossed thru a turkey breast....
Shread thing, for medium length cooks, used for small ribs, loins, several batches of 'Turds & such in a row......
Alternate arcs for ribs.....
Banked, ribs..........
The usual ring, black walnut & Stubb's w/ chips of lump all over the top for burn insurance..................
I've seen a few folks here that use expanded or solid rings to contain the coal ring....that seems like a grate idea..............