Exhibit 23.1

                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement
on Form S-3 of Ferrellgas  Partners,  L.P. and Ferrellgas Partners Finance Corp.
of our reports dated  September 12, 2002,  (which report  relating to Ferrellgas
Partners,  L.P.  expresses an  unqualified  opinion and includes an  explanatory
paragraph relating to a change in accounting  principle) appearing in the Annual
Report on Form 10-K/A of  Ferrellgas  Partners,  L.P.  and  Ferrellgas  Partners
Finance  Corp.  for the  year  ended  July  31,  2002.  We also  consent  to the
incorporation by reference in this registration statement of our report relating
to Ferrellgas,  Inc. and  Subsidiaries  dated September 12, 2002,  (which report
expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory  paragraph relating
to a change in accounting principle) appearing in Exhibit 99.15 to the Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q of Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. and Ferrellgas Partners Finance
Corp.  for the three  months  ended  October 31,  2002.  We also  consent to the
reference  to  us  under  the  heading  "Experts"  in  the  prospectus  that  is
incorporated by reference herein.



                                                     DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
                                                     Kansas City, Missouri
                                                     December 11, 2002