I usually do mine as snacks while smoking something else. The first time I thought they looked done after about an hour, but they weren't. Let them go another hour and they were awesome. Second time I let them go 2 hours again and they were great. Also, I've seen lots of recipes and versions of them....both times I mixed brown sugar in with the cream cheese. The brown sugar gave it a little bit of sweetness that I thought was the key to them being so good. Cream cheese, cheddar cheese lil smokies, brown sugar, and bacon. 225-250 smoking temp.