Fracas kicking off if hot dog thrown about? (4,5)

I believe the answer is:

food fight

'about?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'fracas kicking off if hot dog thrown' is the wordplay.
'kicking off' suggests taking the first letters (the letter which begins or kicks off the word).
'thrown' indicates anagramming the letters.
The initial letter of 'fracas' is 'f'.
'if'+'hot'+'dog'='ifhotdog'
'ifhotdog' anagrammed gives 'oodfight'.
'f'+'oodfight'='FOOD FIGHT'

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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