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Net Sales Summary (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended
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Apr. 04, 2015 | Mar. 29, 2014
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Net sales | $ 406,596 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | [1] | $ 372,478 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | [1]
Percent | 100.00%midd_PercentageOfNetSales |  | 100.00%midd_PercentageOfNetSales |
Commercial Foodservice Equipment Group [Member] |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Net sales | 262,216 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = midd_CommercialFoodserviceEquipmentGroupMember |  | 234,050 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = midd_CommercialFoodserviceEquipmentGroupMember |
Percent | 64.50%midd_PercentageOfNetSales / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = midd_CommercialFoodserviceEquipmentGroupMember |  | 62.80%midd_PercentageOfNetSales / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = midd_CommercialFoodserviceEquipmentGroupMember |
Food Processing |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Net sales | 69,819 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = midd_FoodProcessingGroupMember |  | 75,586 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = midd_FoodProcessingGroupMember |
Percent | 17.20%midd_PercentageOfNetSales / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = midd_FoodProcessingGroupMember |  | 20.30%midd_PercentageOfNetSales / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = midd_FoodProcessingGroupMember |
Residential Kitchen [Member] |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Net sales | $ 74,561 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = midd_ResidentialKitchenMember |  | $ 62,842 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = midd_ResidentialKitchenMember |
Percent | 18.30%midd_PercentageOfNetSales / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = midd_ResidentialKitchenMember |  | 16.90%midd_PercentageOfNetSales / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = midd_ResidentialKitchenMember |
[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.

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