Net Sales Summary (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended
		Mar. 28, 2020	Mar. 30, 2019
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax		$ 677,459	$ 686,802
Percent		100.00%	100.00%
Income from operations	[1],[2]	$ 105,414	$ 101,061
Depreciation and amortization expense		26,599	25,514
Capital Expenditures Net		9,181	8,095
Commercial Foodservice Equipment Group
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax		$ 443,124	$ 457,531
Percent		65.40%	66.60%
Income from operations	[1],[2]	$ 88,607	$ 96,811
Capital Expenditures Net		4,686	5,973
Food Processing Group
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax		$ 104,266	$ 92,474
Percent		15.40%	13.50%
Income from operations	[1],[2]	$ 15,358	$ 12,586
Capital Expenditures Net		1,829	701
Corporate and Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax		0	0
Income from operations	[1],[2],[3]	(11,259)	(27,107)
Capital Expenditures Net	[3]	121	0
Residential Kitchen
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax		$ 130,069	$ 136,797
Percent		19.20%	19.90%
Income from operations	[1],[2]	$ 12,708	$ 18,771
Capital Expenditures Net		2,545	1,421
United States and Canada
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax		464,466	441,222
United States and Canada | Commercial Foodservice Equipment Group
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax		306,510	300,275
United States and Canada | Food Processing Group
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax		72,882	57,589
United States and Canada | Residential Kitchen
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax		85,074	83,358
Asia
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax		46,141	58,373
Asia | Commercial Foodservice Equipment Group
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax		37,524	48,293
Asia | Food Processing Group
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax		7,639	8,682
Asia | Residential Kitchen
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax		978	1,398
Europe and Middle East
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax		142,544	161,129
Europe and Middle East | Commercial Foodservice Equipment Group
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax		79,732	89,896
Europe and Middle East | Food Processing Group
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax		19,347	20,618
Europe and Middle East | Residential Kitchen
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax		43,465	50,615
Latin America
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax		24,308	26,078
Latin America | Commercial Foodservice Equipment Group
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax		19,358	19,067
Latin America | Food Processing Group
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax		4,398	5,585
Latin America | Residential Kitchen
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax		$ 552	$ 1,426

[1] Non-operating expenses are not allocated to the operating segments. Non-operating expenses consist of interest expense and deferred financing amortization, foreign exchange gains and losses and other income and expense items outside of income from operations.

[2] Restructuring expenses are allocated in operating income by segment. See note 16 for further details.

[3] Includes corporate and other general company assets and operations.