Contingencies	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Contingencies	Contingencies Various legal and regulatory proceedings and claims have been or may be asserted against the Company relating to the conduct of its businesses, including product liability, patent infringement, asbestos related claims, environmental and other claims. These proceedings and claims are incidental to the ordinary course of business of the Company. Management believes that it has meritorious defenses and will vigorously defend the Company in these actions. Any costs that management estimates will be paid as a result of these claims are accrued when the liability is considered probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated. If a range of amounts can be reasonably estimated and no amount within the range is a better estimate than any other amount, then the minimum of the range is accrued. The Company does not accrue liabilities when the likelihood that the liability has been incurred is probable but the amount cannot be reasonably estimated or when the liability is believed to be only reasonably possible or remote. For contingencies where an unfavorable outcome is probable or reasonably possible and which are material, the Company discloses the nature of the contingency and, in some circumstances, an estimate of the possible loss. These matters are subject to inherent uncertainties and unfavorable rulings could occur. If an unfavorable ruling were to occur, there exists the possibility of an adverse impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the period in which the ruling occurs, or in future periods. HBB is a defendant in a legal proceeding in which the plaintiff alleges that certain HBB products infringe the plaintiff’s patents. On May 3, 2019, the jury returned its verdict finding that the Company had infringed certain patents of the plaintiff and, as a result, awarded the plaintiff damages in the amount of $3.2 million. Accordingly, the Company recorded $3.2 million expense in selling, general and administrative expenses during the second quarter of 2019 for the contingent loss included within other current liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2019. On September 23, 2019 the Company filed post-trial motions challenging the jury verdict of infringement and the award of damages and the plaintiffs filed motions seeking interest, post-trial accounting, injunctive relief, and attorneys’ fees. A hearing date on the post-trial motions has not been set. The Company maintains that its products do not infringe on the plaintiff’s patents and will vigorously defend against the plaintiff's post-trial motions. KC is a defendant in a legal proceeding in which the plaintiff alleges that KC is in breach of forty-nine store leases for failing to continue to operate the stores during the entire term of the leases and for the use of certain store sale signs. In November 2019, KC agreed to the entry of an order preventing the use of certain store sale signs in the specified stores. All KC stores ceased operations as of December 31, 2019. An estimate of the fair value of the future minimum lease liability obligation related to the subject store leases has been included in the results of discontinued operations. Environmental matters HBB is investigating or remediating historical environmental contamination at some current and former sites operated by HBB or by businesses it acquired. Based on the current stage of the investigation or remediation at each known site, HBB estimates the total investigation and remediation costs and the period of assessment and remediation activity required for each site. The estimate of future investigation and remediation costs is primarily based on variables associated with site clean-up, including, but not limited to, physical characteristics of the site, the nature and extent of the contamination and applicable regulatory programs and remediation standards. No assessment can fully characterize all subsurface conditions at a site. There is no assurance that additional assessment and remediation efforts will not result in adjustments to estimated remediation costs or the time frame for remediation at these sites. HBB's estimates of investigation and remediation costs may change if it discovers contamination at additional sites or additional contamination at known sites, if the effectiveness of its current remediation efforts change, if applicable federal or state regulations change or if HBB's estimate of the time required to remediate the sites changes. HBB's revised estimates may differ materially from original estimates. At December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, HBB had accrued undiscounted obligations of $4.4 million and $8.2 million respectively, for environmental investigation and remediation activities. The reduction in the amount accrued at December 31, 2019 compared to December 31, 2018 is the result of a reduction to the accrual recorded in the second quarter of 2019 due to a change in the expected type and extent of investigation and remediation activities associated with one of the sites based upon additional testing and assessment performed with respect to that site in the second quarter of 2019. HBB estimates that it is reasonably possible that it may incur additional expenses in the range of zero to $4.0 million related to the environmental investigation and remediation at these sites. Additionally, the Company recorded a $1.5 million receivable as of December 31, 2019 related to a probable recovery for environmental investigation and remediation costs associated with one of the sites from a responsible party in exchange for release from all future obligations by that party.

Contingencies

Various legal and regulatory proceedings and claims have been or may be asserted against the Company relating to the conduct of its businesses, including product liability, patent infringement, asbestos related claims, environmental and other claims. These proceedings and claims are incidental to the ordinary course of business of the Company. Management believes that it has meritorious defenses and will vigorously defend the Company in these actions. Any costs that management estimates will be paid as a result of these claims are accrued when the liability is considered probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated. If a range of amounts can be reasonably estimated and no amount within the range is a better estimate than any other amount, then the minimum of the range is accrued. The Company does not accrue liabilities when the likelihood that the liability has been incurred is probable but the amount cannot be reasonably estimated or when the liability is believed to be only reasonably possible or remote. For contingencies where an unfavorable outcome is probable or reasonably possible and which are material, the Company discloses the nature of the contingency and, in some circumstances, an estimate of the possible loss.

These matters are subject to inherent uncertainties and unfavorable rulings could occur. If an unfavorable ruling were to occur, there exists the possibility of an adverse impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the period in which the ruling occurs, or in future periods.

HBB is a defendant in a legal proceeding in which the plaintiff alleges that certain HBB products infringe the plaintiff’s patents. On May 3, 2019, the jury returned its verdict finding that the Company had infringed certain patents of the plaintiff and, as a result, awarded the plaintiff damages in the amount of $3.2 million. Accordingly, the Company recorded $3.2 million expense in selling, general and administrative expenses during the second quarter of 2019 for the contingent loss included within other current liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2019. On September 23, 2019 the Company filed post-trial motions challenging the jury verdict of infringement and the award of damages and the plaintiffs filed motions seeking interest, post-trial accounting, injunctive relief, and attorneys’ fees. A hearing date on the post-trial motions has not been set. The Company maintains that its products do not infringe on the plaintiff’s patents and will vigorously defend against the plaintiff's post-trial motions.

KC is a defendant in a legal proceeding in which the plaintiff alleges that KC is in breach of forty-nine store leases for failing to continue to operate the stores during the entire term of the leases and for the use of certain store sale signs. In November 2019, KC agreed to the entry of an order preventing the use of certain store sale signs in the specified stores. All KC stores ceased operations as of December 31, 2019. An estimate of the fair value of the future minimum lease liability obligation related to the subject store leases has been included in the results of discontinued operations.

Environmental matters

HBB is investigating or remediating historical environmental contamination at some current and former sites operated by HBB or by businesses it acquired. Based on the current stage of the investigation or remediation at each known site, HBB estimates the total investigation and remediation costs and the period of assessment and remediation activity required for each site. The estimate of future investigation and remediation costs is primarily based on variables associated with site clean-up, including, but not limited to, physical characteristics of the site, the nature and extent of the contamination and applicable regulatory programs and remediation standards. No assessment can fully characterize all subsurface conditions at a site. There is no assurance that additional assessment and remediation efforts will not result in adjustments to estimated remediation costs or the time frame for remediation at these sites.

HBB's estimates of investigation and remediation costs may change if it discovers contamination at additional sites or additional contamination at known sites, if the effectiveness of its current remediation efforts change, if applicable federal or state regulations change or if HBB's estimate of the time required to remediate the sites changes. HBB's revised estimates may differ materially from original estimates.

At December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, HBB had accrued undiscounted obligations of $4.4 million and $8.2 million respectively, for environmental investigation and remediation activities. The reduction in the amount accrued at December 31, 2019 compared to December 31, 2018 is the result of a reduction to the accrual recorded in the second quarter of 2019 due to a change in the expected type and extent of investigation and remediation activities associated with one of the sites based upon additional testing and assessment performed with respect to that site in the second quarter of 2019. HBB estimates that it is reasonably possible that it may incur additional expenses in the range of zero to $4.0 million related to the environmental investigation and remediation at these sites. Additionally, the Company recorded a $1.5 million receivable as of December 31, 2019 related to a probable recovery for environmental investigation and remediation costs associated with one of the sites from a responsible party in exchange for release from all future obligations by that party.