How should position spacing be evaluated when buying a rotating clay-pot cooker?

Spacing between burner positions cannot be judged from a drawing alone. First measure the claypots you actually use: outer diameter, protruding handles, clearance for a lifted lid, and the arm room two cooks need while the turntable rotates. The reliable check is a full-circle dry run with your largest pot, loading, uncovering, lifting, and rotating, watching for knuckle strikes or jammed handles at neighbouring stations. A catalogue figure can look adequate yet interfere once fired, cutting output and slowing the pass. Write the test pot size, minimum clearance, and rotation timing into the contract, then verify on arrival so adding burners or switching pot styles stays under control.