I think Ono is $20-ish for a 20# bag. The Best of the West from Smart and Final is great, or Diablo from Costco Business Center at 33rd Ave. & Indian School for $10--pretty much the same stuff. Get one off the top, so it's not as much dust. And Restaurant Depot carries a 40# bag of lump for just under $11 also. Nearly all of the aforementioned stuff is Mesquite, so it'll all burn about the same temperature. The ono brand is Kiawe, which, from all I've read, is Hawaiian for Mesquite...BOTW from S&F had by far the largest pieces. Entire burned trees in that bag! Unsure about the stuff from RD, but I bet it's basically the same as BOTW and Costco's Diablo.
Dave, Kiave is a type of mesquite, but it's a bit different than regular mesquite. It's a bit milder tasting. (Also, unlike mesquite honey, kiave honey will not crystallize. Don't know why.)
Guys, I use some generic (Shamrock Foods) brand of Mexican mesquite chunks. We get them in at work, in ripped-up bags, cheap. No, the employees FIGHT over them, the customers NEVER see them. $7.99/40LBS.
I NEED to try the ONO! I heard it's ONOlicious! (If you're not a kamaina, you wouldn't understand.)
steve