Scandal at the BBQ pit! Scandal at the BBQ pit! The propane outfits may be ripping you off when you refill your existing tank or get a replacement tank.

This rip-off started last year when energy prices were riding at all-time highs during the summer. As a way to cut costs, many retailers would only fill you up about three-quarters full.

Of course, you never want to fill up a propane tank all the way. You need a little safety buffer.

Today, it's not uncommon to get about 18 pounds of propane in 20 pound tank. But you'll still pay the 20 pound price! You may see a quoted price and then some little mice type about how you're actually getting less than what your tank holds.

Retailers say they're just following industry practice, but not everyone is doing it this way. Meanwhile, propane is selling for less than half of what it was a year ago at the height of the energy crunch.

Clark's wife is absolutely obsessed with cooking out. Now that he eats veggies, Clark thinks veggies on a grill taste great. But the only kind of cooking the consumer champ likes to do is putting something in a microwave for 3 minutes!