CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - (Parenthetical) $ in Thousands		Oct. 20, 2023	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Current assets:
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $			$ 2,918	$ 2,687
Mueller Industries, Inc. stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares			$ 1.00	$ 1.00
Preferred stock, shares authorized (in shares)			5,000,000	5,000,000
Preferred stock, shares outstanding (in shares)			0	0
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	[1]		$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares issued (in shares)	[1]		160,366,008	160,366,008
Common stock, shares outstanding (in shares)	[1]		113,528,010	114,003,234
Common stock, shares authorized (in shares)	[1]		250,000,000
Previously Reported
Common stock, shares authorized (in shares)				100,000,000
Subsequent Event
Stock split conversion ratio		2

[1] Adjusted retroactively to reflect the two-for-one stock split that occurred on October 20, 2023.