diff --git a/app/controllers/stories_controller.rb b/app/controllers/stories_controller.rb
index b35b8cb55..0f783dec2 100644
--- a/app/controllers/stories_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/stories_controller.rb
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ class StoriesController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def featured_story
-    @featured_story ||= Articles::Feeds::LargeForemExperimental.find_featured_story(@stories)
+    @featured_story ||= Articles::Feeds::FindFeaturedStory.call(@stories)
   end
 
   def handle_podcast_index
diff --git a/app/services/articles/feeds/find_featured_story.rb b/app/services/articles/feeds/find_featured_story.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1b7c4dba0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/services/articles/feeds/find_featured_story.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+module Articles
+  module Feeds
+    module FindFeaturedStory
+      def self.call(stories)
+        featured_story =
+          if stories.is_a?(ActiveRecord::Relation)
+            stories.where.not(main_image: nil).first
+          else
+            stories.detect { |story| story.main_image.present? }
+          end
+
+        featured_story || Article.new
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/services/articles/feeds/large_forem_experimental.rb b/app/services/articles/feeds/large_forem_experimental.rb
index f8bf96beb..8dfd1dd52 100644
--- a/app/services/articles/feeds/large_forem_experimental.rb
+++ b/app/services/articles/feeds/large_forem_experimental.rb
@@ -11,19 +11,6 @@ module Articles
         @experience_level_weight = 1 # default weight for user experience level
       end
 
-      def self.find_featured_story(stories)
-        featured_story =  if stories.is_a?(ActiveRecord::Relation)
-                            stories.where.not(main_image: nil).first
-                          else
-                            stories.detect { |story| story.main_image.present? }
-                          end
-        featured_story || Article.new
-      end
-
-      def find_featured_story(stories)
-        self.class.find_featured_story(stories)
-      end
-
       def default_home_feed(user_signed_in: false)
         _featured_story, stories = default_home_feed_and_featured_story(user_signed_in: user_signed_in, ranking: true)
         stories
diff --git a/spec/services/articles/feeds/find_featured_story_spec.rb b/spec/services/articles/feeds/find_featured_story_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aee65b6af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/services/articles/feeds/find_featured_story_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+require "rails_helper"
+
+RSpec.describe Articles::Feeds::FindFeaturedStory, type: :service do
+  before { create(:article) }
+
+  context "when passed an ActiveRecord collection" do
+    it "returns first article with a main image" do
+      featured_story = described_class.call(Article.all)
+      expect(featured_story.main_image).not_to be_nil
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "when passed an array" do
+    it "returns first article with a main image" do
+      featured_story = described_class.call(Article.all.to_a)
+      expect(featured_story.main_image).to be_present
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "when passed collection without any articles" do
+    it "returns an new, empty Article object" do
+      expect(described_class.call([])).not_to be_persisted
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/services/articles/feeds/large_forem_experimental_spec.rb b/spec/services/articles/feeds/large_forem_experimental_spec.rb
index 48bf4bff7..39b1b7f7f 100644
--- a/spec/services/articles/feeds/large_forem_experimental_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/articles/feeds/large_forem_experimental_spec.rb
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ RSpec.describe Articles::Feeds::LargeForemExperimental, type: :service do
     context "when user logged in" do
       let(:stories) { feed.default_home_feed(user_signed_in: true) }
 
-      it "includes stories " do
+      it "includes stories" do
         expect(stories).to include(old_story)
         expect(stories).to include(new_story)
       end
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ RSpec.describe Articles::Feeds::LargeForemExperimental, type: :service do
         expect(feed.score_experience_level(article)).to eq(-3)
       end
 
-      it "returns  proper negative when fractional" do
+      it "returns proper negative when fractional" do
         article.experience_level_rating = 8
         expect(feed.score_experience_level(article)).to eq(-3.5)
       end
@@ -389,41 +389,4 @@ RSpec.describe Articles::Feeds::LargeForemExperimental, type: :service do
       end
     end
   end
-
-  describe ".find_featured_story" do
-    let(:featured_story) { described_class.find_featured_story(stories) }
-
-    context "when passed an ActiveRecord collection" do
-      let(:stories) { Article.all }
-
-      it "returns first article with a main image" do
-        expect(featured_story.main_image).not_to be_nil
-      end
-    end
-
-    context "when passed an array" do
-      let(:stories) { Article.all.to_a }
-
-      it "returns first article with a main image" do
-        expect(featured_story.main_image).not_to be_nil
-      end
-    end
-
-    context "when passed collection without any articles" do
-      let(:stories) { [] }
-
-      it "returns an new, empty Article object" do
-        expect(featured_story.main_image).to be_nil
-        expect(featured_story.id).to be_nil
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  describe "#find_featured_story" do
-    it "calls the class method" do
-      allow(described_class).to receive(:find_featured_story)
-      feed.find_featured_story([])
-      expect(described_class).to have_received(:find_featured_story)
-    end
-  end
 end