How do I connect (and regulate) a kitchen stove to a 20# propane tank for my cottage?

I've tried using the regulator in the stove but no gas comes out. When I used the regulator on the 20# tank and bypassed the stove's regulator, too much gas came out (although we did successfully bake a nice pizza!) Is my stove set up for natural gas instead? How do I find out?

This is a temporary hook-up until we get a permanent tank installed outdoors.

Thanks for your answers, clues and suggestions!

Don't play with this! The pizza you baked was most likely toxic, because the oven was heated with too much gas and not enough air, yellow flames. The perfect flame of a gas stove is supposed to be blue.

Your gas stove is most likely as you said set up for natural gas. It can be changed over to propane (different size nozzles and air mixture adjustment for the burners) which has to be done by a certified gas furnace repair man. The cost involved may be questionable, it might be better to buy a used propane gas stove and forget the one you're playing around with now.

The gas cylinder must be placed outside, all connections must be tested for leaks, because propane gas can be extremely explosive and could lift your cottage off of it's foundation.

Also a warning in additiion:
Never use a gas stove for any extended time to possibly heat the place. Gas flames produce Carbon Monoxide, which can lead to death or brain damage in a very short time. I would recommend a carbon monoxide detector for safety.
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where did you get the stove? if it came from someplace with natural gas, then that is your problem.

lift the stovetop and look at the gas lines coming in. In my stove, there is a valve that you flip over for propane one way and natural gas the other. some stoves take a conversion kit, and on new model stoves they can be quite complicated to install.

unless you know what you are doing, it is better to get a qualified tech to fix the problem for you, you can cause a house fire by not having the proper setting on gas. you will still need a regulator on the propane tank.

I would let a pro handle this situation. I would hate for you and your family to get sick.

Sounds like you have a natural gas stove. Even with a regulator on the stove the orifice may be too big. You can usually buy the orifice for use with propane...or if you want a quick fix...take the brass orifice off.....on the face of it you will see the hole that the gas comes out...take a center punch or large nail and ping the area around the outside of hole...this will make the smaller and it will work on the natural gas stove.
This has to be done on all the orifices....burners.