DENVER, Colorado ” Backyard grillers may get a little steamed this holiday weekend when buying refilled propane tanks: They will be getting less fuel for their money than last Memorial Day. When oil ...

Tom and Mimi Cunningham of Wilmington found out the hard way when they took their two 20-pound propane gas cylinders to the dealer to be refilled. “Neither was very old,” Ms. Cunningham said.

When oil prices soared in 2008, propane suppliers quietly reduced by 2 pounds the amount of gas pumped into each 20-pound tank, saying they wanted to avoid […] Skip to content All Sections ...

Et tu, propane? Now, even back-yard grillers are getting burned.In the tradition of 56-ounce “half gallons” of orange juice and ice cream, 12-ounce “pounds” of coffee, and 14-ounce ...

The green one-pound propane bottles we all use to feed our car-camping stoves are as ... The kit comes with a stand to flip and elevate your 20-pound tank (which you’ll use to refill the smaller ...

Those refills usually contain the full amount of fuel allowed by law. Until last year, Blue Rhino and Amerigas, two major suppliers, put 17 to 18 pounds of propane in each 20-pound tank.