Gas stove flare up

not using the gas bottle in an upright position will allow liquid to get in the lines??

BKS,

when you're turning off your stove, turn it off at the bottle and not the stove. This allows the gas to be drained from the hose and will prevent the problem. Just turn it on from the bottle when you use it the next time. The gas flaring will eventually clog the jets.

Cheers Mick

This sort of thing can happen also when the bottle has been filled with Auto Gas. So maybe the bottle was filled with auto gas without you knowing it.
It happened to me and the fix was to connect another gas bottle and when tried all was good.

We had exactly the same issue as you. Like others have advised we learned that it wasn't "bad gas" or anything like that but most likely blocked jets. Ever since we started the procedure below we have not had any trouble since, and we even lived in a shed for a year whilst building a house and used a camping stove for all the cooking... so basically...
After you finish cooking turn the gas bottle off, and then when the gas has bled from the stove turn the stove off.

With your current stove I would suggest trying to clean the jets (or replacing them if possible?.....maybe get a whole new stove!). Not sure on the cleaning procedure, pretty sure for the bbq it said something about soapy water. I know the new stove we brought came with spare jets (yes apart from bad gas we thought the original one may have been faulty due to the problem).

Thanks to everyone who replied for your help.

If it's the type with a knurled nut that screws onto the stove with the tapered do-dad in it (Companion, et al), check the O ring in the connector. I had a flare up in several places. Turned out the O ring was perished. Had to buy a new one at the closest outback camping supplies - over $6 for two. When I got home I odered some through work from CBC. $0.08 each (+ GST)

Louie