EXHIBIT 23.3


               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


We have issued our reports dated October 25, 2002, accompanying the consolidated
financial statements of Heritage Propane Partners, L.P. as of August 31, 2002
and 2001, and for the years then ended, the consolidated balance sheet of U.S.
Propane, L.P. as of August 31, 2002, and the financial statements of Bi-State
Propane as of August 31, 2002 and for the year then ended, included in the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of Heritage Propane Partners, L.P. for the year ended
August 31, 2002, which is incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement. We have also issued our report dated February 7, 2003, accompanying
the combined financial statements of V-1 Oil Co. and V-1 Gas Co. as of December
31, 2001 and 2000 and for each of the three years in the period ended December
31, 2001, included in Heritage Propane Partners, L.P.'s Current Report on Form
8-K/A dated January 2, 2003, as amended on March 18, 2003, which is incorporated
by reference in this Registration Statement. We consent to the incorporation by
reference in the Registration Statement of the aforementioned reports and to the
use of our name as it appears under the caption "Experts."

                                             /s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP


Tulsa, Oklahoma
July 23, 2003