Don't forget that with stainless steel you can also put it in the dishwasher (unlike teflon and aluminum), use sharp utensils on it (unlike teflon), and use it on induction cooktops (unlike aluminum and some teflon depending on their base material). Its such a wonderful "takes abuse and keeps working without giving you cancer" material. Cleanup is easy too because if my stainless steel pots/pans accumulate a layer of baked-on grease or really any sort of dirtiness, I just quickly clean it with barkeeper's friend and then it looks like the day I got it.