Here's a chart found somewhere that shows some ways of thinking about setup....
Off to one side is pretty common for here....
Leaves a lot of area for dancing things back & forth in & out (or near) of the heat..........
You're not limited to the cooking grate alone, either... MacEggs' chicken setup:
You can use the baskets to kind of "place" your heat, but i've had variable success with them choking the airflow a little.....a good load of lit coal works well, but adding charcoals sometimes doesn't fare quite as well sometimes........