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Note 19. Business Segment Reporting (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Dec. 18, 2013
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Schedule Of Net Revenue by Segment
    Net Revenue
    December 18, 2013   December 19, 2012
Operating Business:        
Restaurant Operations:        
Steak n Shake  .......................................................................................................................    $      169,380    $         163,155
Western  .................................................................................................................................                 2,959                   3,583
Total Restaurant Operations  ....................................................................................................    $      172,339    $         166,738
Corporate and other...................................................................................................................   -   (227)
  $      172,339   $         166,511
Schedule of reconciliation of segments earnings to consolidated
    Earnings before income taxes and noncontrolling interests   Net earnings attributable to Biglari Holdings Inc.
                 
    December 18, 2013   December 19, 2012   December 18, 2013   December 19, 2012
Operating Business:                
Restaurant Operations:                
Steak n Shake  ......................................................................    $          5,599    $          8,502    $          3,720    $          5,666
Western  ..............................................................................                   352                   282                   217                   160
Total Restaurant Operations  ....................................................                5,951                8,784                3,937                5,826
                 
Corporate and Other:                
Corporate and other  ...........................................................               (3,106)               (1,118)               (2,048)                  (188)
Gains from investment partnerships....................................              23,493                      -                 15,516                      -   
Investment gains/losses  ......................................................                      -                          1                      -                          1
Total Corporate and Other  .......................................................              20,387               (1,117)              13,468                  (187)
                 
Reconciliation of segments to consolidated amount:                
Eliminations for Gains from investment                
partnerships.........................................................................             (23,493)                      -                         -                         -   
Interest expense and loss on debt extinguishment,                
excluding interest allocated to operating businesses.............               (1,474)               (1,737)                  (914)               (1,077)
     $          1,371    $          5,930    $        16,491    $          4,562