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John Miller of the Moore's Marinade team serves food at the 2025 Wing Ding wing cooking competition at Vestavia Hills City Hall on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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Ben Echols mans the grill for the Marathon Electrical Contractors team at the 2025 Wing Ding wing cooking competition at Vestavia Hills City Hall on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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Pool Hall Special performs at the 2025 Wing Ding wing cooking competition at Vestavia Hills City Hall on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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Kate Ishani poses for a photo at the 2025 Wing Ding wing cooking competition at Vestavia Hills City Hall on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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People listen to live music and kids play on an inflatable slide at the 2025 Wing Ding wing cooking competition at Vestavia Hills City Hall on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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Jadob Gagnon bites into a wing at the 2025 Wing Ding wing cooking competition at Vestavia Hills City Hall on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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People listen to live music at the 2025 Wing Ding wing cooking competition at Vestavia Hills City Hall on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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Mad Day Out performs at the 2025 Wing Ding wing cooking competition at Vestavia Hills City Hall on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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James Madden of the Holy Smokers team from Vestavia Hills Baptist Church cooks hot dogs at the 2025 Wing Ding wing cooking competition at Vestavia Hills City Hall on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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People make their way through the crowd at the 2025 Wing Ding wing cooking competition at Vestavia Hills City Hall on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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Jim Mangina of the Dowdy & Associates team cuts up chicken at the 2025 Wing Ding wing cooking competition at Vestavia Hills City Hall on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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Bill Mann, principal of the Vestavia Hills High School freshman campus, points out potential people to throw at the dunking booth at the 2025 Wing Ding wing cooking competition at Vestavia Hills City Hall on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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Dylan Hardee prepares to try to dunk Vestavia Hills High School Freshman Campus Principal Bill Mann at the dunking booth at the 2025 Wing Ding wing cooking competition at Vestavia Hills City Hall on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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Mad Day Out performs at the 2025 Wing Ding wing cooking competition at Vestavia Hills City Hall on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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The Dowdy & Associates team poses for a photo at the 2025 Wing Ding wing cooking competition at Vestavia Hills City Hall on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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Pool Hall Special performs at the 2025 Wing Ding wing cooking competition at Vestavia Hills City Hall on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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Ben Echols mans the grill for the Marathon Electrical Contractors team at the 2025 Wing Ding wing cooking competition at Vestavia Hills City Hall on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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John Richter, left, and Charles Barefoot of the Richter Landscape Co. team cook wings at the 2025 Wing Ding wing cooking competition at Vestavia Hills City Hall on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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Wings sit midway through the cooking process at the Richter Landscape Co.'s tent at the 2025 Wing Ding wing cooking competition at Vestavia Hills City Hall on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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The Leadership Vestavia Hills Class of 2020 partnered with Cahaba Benefits Group to form a team at the 2025 Wing Ding wing cooking competition at Vestavia Hills City Hall on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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Matthew and Julie Moore and their children, Molly and Chapman join Kathleen Stallings and her son, Bennett, at the 2025 Wing Ding wing cooking competition at Vestavia Hills City Hall on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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Kids play on an inflatable slide at the 2025 Wing Ding wing cooking competition at Vestavia Hills City Hall on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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John Miller of the Moore's Marinade team serves food at the 2025 Wing Ding wing cooking competition at Vestavia Hills City Hall on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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Lee Winnige mans the grill for the CDFL Architects and Engineers team at the 2025 Wing Ding wing cooking competition at Vestavia Hills City Hall on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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People listen to live music at the 2025 Wing Ding wing cooking competition at Vestavia Hills City Hall on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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Wings cook on the gril of the CDFL Architects and Engineers team at the 2025 Wing Ding wing cooking competition at Vestavia Hills City Hall on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
Sixteen teams competed to see who could cook the best tasting wings at the 2025 Wing Ding competition put on by Leadership Vestavia Hills on Saturday, and the official judges chose teams from ITAC Solutions and Moore’s Marinade as the best of the day.
ITAC Solutions won first place in the fried wings category, while Moore’s Marinade took first place in the grilled wings category.
Second place in the fried wings category went to Hoar Construction, while Method Mortgage placed third. In the grilled wings category, CDFL Architects and Engineers came in second, and the Cahaba Benefits Group placed third.
But it was the team from Method Mortgage that walked away with the People’s Choice award this year. The Cahaba Benefits Group came in second in the People’s Choice category, and ITAC Solutions placed third.
The best team spirit award went to M.J. Harris Construction Services.
Pool Hall Special was the headliner band for the three-hour event, but three teen bands — Close Proximity, Havoc and Mad Day Out — also entertained the crowd.
The Wing Ding event was held outside Vestavia Hills City Hall, with team tents set up along the driveway that wraps around the side of the building. An official crowd count was not yet available, but Carter Slappey, the chairman for the event, estimated the crowd was at least 3,000 people.
He was pleased with the turnout and felt most people had a good time for a good cause. Proceeds from the event this year are going to the Vestavia Hills Fire Department Foundation. Final totals were not yet available Sunday evening.
