Something nobody talks about is the fuel itself. The cheaper propane blends and especially the cans that have sat on a shelf for years leave way more gunk behind when they burn, so a guy running fresh name brand fuel might go years without a clog while the next guy using old discount cans fouls his jet every season. Altitude plays a part too, since a rich burning flame at sea level soots things up faster, and a lot of stoves get run way past their sweet spot on low. Makes me wonder if the real fix is a cleaning schedule tied to how and where you cook, not just a flat "once a year" rule. What kind of fuel have you been running in yours?

Nine days of runaround before you called the carrier directly is the real problem here, not the $340. If you had picked up the phone on day 2 and heard "never heard of him," you would have been out maybe $340 and saved yourself the panic of scrambling for a second truck. And paying $890 cash to a random backup company is its own gamble, no contract, no receipt, no paper trail if that one went sideways too.