EXHIBIT 23.3


                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

         We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in
the Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related Prospectus of Blue Rhino
Corporation for the registration of 1,330,000 shares of its common stock and to
the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated March 14, 2001, with
respect to the financial statements of R4 Technical Center - North Carolina,
LLC for the period from April 28, 2000 (date of inception) to December 31,
2000, included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Blue Rhino Corporation for
the year ended July 31, 2002, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.


                                    /s/ Ernst & Young LLP


Greensboro, North Carolina
January 7, 2003