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	Dec. 02, 2011 Drake	Sep. 29, 2012 Drake	Dec. 02, 2011 Drake Measurement Period Adjustments	Dec. 02, 2011 Drake as initially reported	Dec. 02, 2011 Drake Book and Tax Basis Difference Tangible Assets and Liability Accounts	Dec. 02, 2011 Drake Book and Tax Basis Difference Intangible Assets	Sep. 28, 2013 Drake Backlog	Dec. 02, 2011 Drake Backlog	Sep. 28, 2013 Drake Customer Relationships	Dec. 02, 2011 Drake Customer Relationships	Dec. 21, 2011 Armor Inox	Dec. 21, 2011 Armor Inox Measurement Period Adjustments	Dec. 21, 2011 Armor Inox as initially reported	Sep. 28, 2013 Armor Inox Backlog	Dec. 21, 2011 Armor Inox Backlog	Sep. 28, 2013 Armor Inox Customer Relationships	Dec. 21, 2011 Armor Inox Customer Relationships	Sep. 28, 2013 Armor Inox Developed Technology	Dec. 21, 2011 Armor Inox Developed Technology	Mar. 14, 2012 Baker	Sep. 28, 2013 Baker Customer Relationships	Mar. 14, 2012 Baker Customer Relationships	Sep. 05, 2012 Stewart [Member]	Sep. 05, 2012 Stewart [Member] Measurement Period Adjustments	Sep. 05, 2012 Stewart [Member] as initially reported	Sep. 28, 2013 Stewart [Member] Food Processing Backlog	Sep. 05, 2012 Stewart [Member] Food Processing Backlog	Sep. 28, 2013 Stewart [Member] Food Processing Customer Relationships	Sep. 05, 2012 Stewart [Member] Food Processing Customer Relationships	Oct. 31, 2012 Nieco Corporation [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Nieco Corporation [Member] Measurement Period Adjustments	Oct. 31, 2012 Nieco Corporation [Member] as initially reported	Sep. 28, 2013 Nieco Corporation [Member] Commercial Foodservice Backlog	Oct. 31, 2012 Nieco Corporation [Member] Commercial Foodservice Backlog	Sep. 28, 2013 Nieco Corporation [Member] Commercial Foodservice Customer Relationships	Oct. 31, 2012 Nieco Corporation [Member] Commercial Foodservice Customer Relationships	Dec. 31, 2012 Viking Range Corporation [Member]	Sep. 28, 2013 Viking Range Corporation [Member] Residential Kitchen [Member] Backlog	Dec. 31, 2012 Viking Range Corporation [Member] Residential Kitchen [Member] Backlog	Sep. 28, 2013 Viking Range Corporation [Member] Residential Kitchen [Member] Customer Relationships	Dec. 31, 2012 Viking Range Corporation [Member] Residential Kitchen [Member] Customer Relationships	Jun. 29, 2013 Distributors [Member]	Sep. 28, 2013 Distributors [Member]	Sep. 28, 2013 Distributors [Member] Measurement Period Adjustments	Sep. 28, 2013 Distributors [Member] as initially reported	Dec. 02, 2011 Trade Names [Member] Drake	Dec. 21, 2011 Trade Names [Member] Armor Inox	Sep. 05, 2012 Trade Names [Member] Stewart [Member] Food Processing	Oct. 31, 2012 Trade Names [Member] Nieco Corporation [Member] Commercial Foodservice	Dec. 31, 2012 Trade Names [Member] Viking Range Corporation [Member] Residential Kitchen [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Deferred Tax Asset, Current	$ 400,000				$ 400,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Deferred Tax Liabilities Noncurrent	2,400,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Deferred Tax Liabilities, Net					100,000	2,300,000
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	21,700,000	400,000									28,700,000									10,300,000			27,800,000							23,900,000							373,000,000					23,600,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill								100,000		2,500,000					3,800,000		1,100,000		1,100,000			800,000					400,000		5,900,000					100,000		6,500,000			2,000,000		44,000,000					3,200,000	3,400,000	4,600,000	3,100,000	151,000,000
Acquisition, other intangibles, amortization period							1 month		5 years					2 years		6 years		7 years			5 years					6 months		5 years					3 months		4 years			3 months		6 years
Long-term deferred tax liabilities											3,072,000	(903,000)	3,975,000
Current deferred tax asset	446,000		56,000	390,000
Long-term deferred tax liability	(2,363,000)		32,000	(2,395,000)
Contingent consideration																							4,587,000	587,000	4,000,000					3,645,000	587,000	3,058,000
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Asset																							4,600,000							3,600,000
Business Combination, Provisional Information Adjustment, Working Capital																							1,300,000
Business Acquisition, Preacquisition Contingency, Amount of Settlement																																											$ (8,697,000)	$ 0	$ (8,697,000)