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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Percentage investment held by members or limited partners of limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (LP).

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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The number of limited partner units outstanding.

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-Topic 505
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-Section S99
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Equity (Deficit) - Ownership (Details) - shares	3 Months Ended
Equity (Deficit) - Ownership (Details) - shares	Oct. 31, 2023	Jul. 31, 2023
Capital Unit [Line Items]
Minimum percentage ownership of outstanding common units resulting in non voting of owners	20.00%
Ferrellgas Partners LP \| Ferrell Companies
Capital Unit [Line Items]
Limited partner ownership interest	23.40%
Ferrellgas, L.P
Capital Unit [Line Items]
Limited partner ownership interest	98.00%
Ferrell Companies \| Ferrellgas Partners LP
Capital Unit [Line Items]
Limited partner ownership interest	23.00%
FCI Trading Corp. \| Ferrell Companies
Capital Unit [Line Items]
Limited partner unitholders, units outstanding	9,784
Ferrell Propane, Inc. \| Ferrell Companies
Capital Unit [Line Items]
Limited partner unitholders, units outstanding	2,560
JEF Capital Management \| James E. Ferrell
Capital Unit [Line Items]
Limited partner unitholders, units outstanding		237,942
Ferrell Resources Holdings, Inc. \| Ferrellgas Partners LP \| James E. Ferrell
Capital Unit [Line Items]
Limited partner unitholders, units outstanding		230
Ferrellgas Inc., General Partner \| Ferrellgas, L.P
Capital Unit [Line Items]
Limited partner ownership interest	1.0101%
Ferrellgas Partners LP \| Ferrellgas, L.P
Capital Unit [Line Items]
Limited partner ownership interest	99.00%