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.