Debt - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)		12 Months Ended
Sep. 28, 2021	Dec. 31, 2022
Credit Agreement \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (as a percent)	2.25%
Credit Agreement \| Base Rate
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (as a percent)	1.25%
Term Loan \| Credit Agreement
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 275,000,000
Term of debt	7 years
Debt repayments		$ 12,800,000
Annual principal payment (as a percent)	1.00%
Amount required to be prepaid as a proportion of excess cash flow (as a percent)	50.00%
Proportion of net proceeds of certain asset sales (as a percent)	50.00%
Proportion of proceeds incurred to refinance term loan (as a percent)	100.00%
Repricing period	6 months
Premium due if prepaid in connection with repricing transaction within six months of credit agreement closing (as a percent)	1.00%
Threshold proportion of credit facility outstanding (as a percent)	35.00%
Term Loan \| Credit Agreement \| Leverage Ratio Below 2.00
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Amount required to be prepaid as a proportion of excess cash flow (as a percent)	25.00%
Secured net leverage ratio	2
Term Loan \| Credit Agreement \| Leverage Ratio Below 1.50
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Amount required to be prepaid as a proportion of excess cash flow (as a percent)	0.00%
Secured net leverage ratio	1.5
Term Loan \| Credit Facility 2017
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Outstanding borrowings		261,600,000
Debt issuance costs		6,600,000
Revolving Credit Facility \| Credit Agreement
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 175,000,000
Term of debt	5 years
Outstanding borrowings		$ 0
Unused commitment fee (as a percent)	0.50%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Credit Agreement \| Minimum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Unused commitment fee (as a percent)	0.375%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Credit Agreement \| Maximum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Unused commitment fee (as a percent)	0.50%

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount, before accumulated amortization, of debt issuance costs. Includes, but is not limited to, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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The cash outflow during the period from the repayment of aggregate short-term and long-term debt. Excludes payment of capital lease obligations.

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Debt Instrument, Annual Principal Payment, Percentage

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Secured Net Leverage Ratio

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