Port location

[Cement102]

All of the brew sculptures I have seen have the drain ports on the side. Any reason why people don't put their drains on the portion of the pots? Seems like a better spot. Has anyone tried to dimple the thicker bottom?

 

[tre9er]

Can make it difficult to place the kettle when it's not on the sculpture, but you could always put it on it's top, I suppose. For BK's generally there is whirlpooling going on, which puts the sediment in the center of the kettle...wouldn't want the port there, but you could have a pickup going to the side I guess.