Jeffersonian,You are correct in the cause of the hot spot. The only solution is to just learn your egg and adjust accordingly. My hotspot sits in the rear just to the right of the hinge area. Some are directly in the back, some are left of the hinges. Some have none at all. On indirect cooks it is easy to compensate - just put one leg of the plate setter directly where the hot spot is to diffuse that heat.If you rotate your firebox you will have trouble getting the egg up to temp (it will take much longer) and on low slow cooks you would likely have problems stabilizing and maintaining a fire for the long hours. The egg is designed to operate as yours is set up. I think rotating the firebox will cause many more problems than a small hot spot in the rear of the egg.
