Exhibit 23.1


                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS



The Board of Directors
Star Gas Partners, L.P.

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement to be
filed on Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 of Star Gas Partners, L.P. of our report
dated December 14, 2000, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Star Gas
Partners, L.P. and Subsidiaries as of September 30, 1999 and 2000, and the
related consolidated statements of operations, partners' capital and cash flows
for each of the years in the three-year period ended September 30, 2000 and
related schedule, which report appears in the September 30, 2000 annual report
on Form 10-K of Star Gas Partners, L.P.

Also, we consent to the inclusion in the registration statement to be filed on
Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 of Star Gas Partners, L.P. of our report dated
December 14, 2000, relating to the balance sheets of Star Gas LLC as of
September 30, 1999 and 2000, which report appears herein.

Additionally, we consent to incorporation by reference in the registration
statement to be filed on Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 of Star Gas Partners, L.P.
of our report, dated February 16, 1999, relating to the consolidated balance
sheets of Petroleum Heat and Power Co., Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31,
1998 and 1997, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in
shareholders' equity (deficiency) and cash flows for each of the years in the
three-year period ended December 31, 1998 and related schedule, which report
appears in the February 18, 1999 current report on Form 8-K of Star Gas
Partners, L.P.

We also consent to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the
prospectus.


/s/ KPMG LLP


Stamford, Connecticut
April 24, 2001