Ron Hunter wrote:
ASAAR wrote:
On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:51:04 -0600, Ron Hunter wrote:

We have an employee with some of those fancy stainless steel
appliances. She says magnets don't stick.
If a magnet doesn't stick to it, then it is NOT really stainless
steel. More likely brushed aluminum.

This might be one of the areas where your wife could teach you a
thing or two. Or not. There are many types of stainless steel
cookware, and many of them don't work on induction ranges.

You are quite right. I just checked our stainless cookware, and it
is NOT magnetic. Somehow, I suspect that there is VERY little iron
in it. Just how much iron must be in something sold as 'steel'? Is
there any labeling requirement?

Bang on it with a hammer and it will likely become attractive to magnets
in the area you hit...


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