Exhibit 23.1

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS




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



We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement No.
333-57994 on Form S-3 of our report dated August 11, 2000 with respect to the
consolidated balance sheets of Meenan Oil Co., L.P. and Subsidiaries as of June
30, 2000 and 1999, and the related consolidated statements of income and
partners' deficit and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period
ended June 30, 2000, which report appears in the Form 8-K of Star Gas Partners,
L.P. dated August 3, 2001.

Also, with respect to the Form 8-K of Star Gas Partners, L.P. dated August 3,
2001, we acknowledge our awareness of the use therein of our report dated July
31, 2001 related to our review of the interim financial information as of and
for the nine months ended March 31, 2001 and 2000. Pursuant to Rule 436(c) under
the Securities Act of 1933, such report is not considered part of a registration
statement prepared or certified by an accountant or a report prepared or
certified by an accountant within the meaning of sections 7 and 11 of the Act.



/s/ KPMG LLP
Melville, New York
August 2, 2001