I remember having such a problem one snow storm a few years ago. Then I grabbed one of my HF welding blankets and put it over the smoker. Works amazing to hold heat. I still use it every time. I use much less pellets now.
Wow, after almost 20 years of cooking pizza on a Big Green Egg I learned something amazing tonight.
In all my years of cooking pizza on the egg I've struggled to get the top cooked correctly. It generally consisted of a crap-ton of charcoal in the cooker to get the temps up and the ensuing struggle to balance getting the top cooked without the bottom burning. This also meant I was limited to about 4 pizza's before the charcoal ran out. Tonight I got the pizza stone up to about 450* since my daughter prefers hers lighter, but in an effort to extend the cook time I added a couple of small pieces of hickory to the coals. The flames immediately shot the dome temp up to about 650* which put the perfect char on the top of the pizza without raising the temp of the pizza stone.
10 out of 10, highly recommend
This is my pizza which I prefer with some black spots to it.
Couple racks of ribs, my wife doesn't normally care for ribs... but she said there were the best she's ever had and went back for seconds. Nice and tender, great flavor.