The amount of expense incurred during the transaction of the disposal of a discontinued operation.

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Amount of cash to be received for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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Note 5 - Discontinued Operations (Details Textual) - Discontinued Operations [Member] $ in Millions		3 Months Ended
	Apr. 16, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018
Master-Bilt and NorLake Segments [Member] \| Ten Oaks Group [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Cash Purchase Price	$ 10.6
Cooking Solutions Group [Member]
Number of Operating Segments			3
Cooking Solutions Group [Member] \| Middleby Corporation [Member]
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Cash Purchase Price		$ 105.0
Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) on Disposal of Discontinued Operation, Net of Tax, Total		20.5
Discontinued Operation, Disposal of Discontinued Operation, Transaction Expense		4.4
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Consideration		$ 106.9